HUAC Approves Tough Antiwar Acts Bill in 7-0 Vote
The House Committee on Un American Activities unanimously backed administration opposed legislation to criminalize anti Viet Nam war group activities. The bill would bar advising or urging support for enemies and curb troop movements with penalties up to 20 years in prison and $20,000 fines.
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HUAC
Carl P. Leubsdorf
Washington
House Committee On UN
U.S
United States
Ramsey Clark
Joe R. Pool
Texas
Clark
D-Tex
Viet Nam
Nixon Aims War Peace Program For GOP Candidates
Nixon outlines a war and peace approach for Republican Senate and House hopefuls. He urges strong support for the Vietnam effort while criticizing Johnson's peace push, proposing an Asian peace conference draft by non Communist nations, and predicting gains as Democratic splits aid GOP prospects.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Senate
House
Johnson
Nixon
Jack Miller
Lown
Republican Policy Committee
GOP
Thruston B. Morton
Hanoi
Viet Nam
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Chicago Civil Rights March Moves West Elsdon Area
Leaders of the Chicago Freedom Movement announce a march in West Elsdon amid white resistance in an all white neighborhood near Gage Park. Police form a 450-strong cordon as 16 arrests occur and a officer is struck by a brick. Jesse Jackson and Martin King address rallies as Cicero officials seek talks with state leaders.
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Chicago Freedom Movement
West Elsdon
Gage Park
South Deering
Zoo
Jesse Jackson
Chicago
King
Southwest Side
Cicero
Christy S. Berkos
Wisconsin Jobless Claims Dip to 19 231
The Industrial Commission reported that unemployment compensation claims filed in Wisconsin last week fell to 19 231 from 28 870 a week earlier in Madison.
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Madison
The
Industrial Commission
Wisconsin
LSD Worth 140000 Seized In New York Raid
Police overpowered a man who described himself as a college teacher and seized LSD valued at 140000 on the illegal market. Allen Sugerman, 28, of Springfield Massachusetts, was arrested after allegedly threatening to shoot officers. Sugerman claimed a Melbourne University background and taught history and English.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Allen Sugerman
Springfield
Mass
Sugerman
University of Melbourne
Australia
La Crescent Elementary to Register Students Saturday
La Crescent Public Elementary School will register children from kindergarten through grade six who have not registered. Returning students from last spring do not need to register. Registration runs 9 a.m. to noon and registrants should bring the child’s birth certificate.
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LA Crescent
Minn
Salvage Work Underway After Baton Rouge Victory Sinks
Salvage crews worked to save the Baton Rouge Victory, a 7,601 ton merchant ship sunk by a mine in the Saigon River channel. Seven crewmen were killed, one injured, as the vessel rested on the river bottom with water up to its main deck.
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Baton Rouge Victory
Saigon
U.S
da Nang
Chu Lai
Phu Bai
William C. Westmoreland
Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Viet Nam
Baton Rouge
Konrad Carlson
The
States Steamship Co
Portland
Ore
Lucien Vincilione
Marine County
Calif
Herbert F. Kenyon
San Francisco
United States
Stock quotes and mutual funds from Local and Regional
At approximately 9 a.m. bid prices are shown for inter-dealer stocks and funds. La Crosse Cooler, La Crosse Tele, Norplex, Pyroil, Tausche Bonds, and various mutual funds are listed with bid ranges and adjusted asks. Funds include Boston, Chem Fund, Fidelity, Mass Inv Tr, Natl Investors, Puritan, and Wisconsin Fund with quoted ranges.
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la Crosse Cooler
la Crosse Tele
Norplex Corp
Pyroil Co., Inc
Tausche Bonds
Mutual
Boston Fund
Chem. Fund
Eaton & Howard Bal
Eaton & Howard Std
Fidelity Fund
Manhattan Fund
Mass. Inv
Mass. Inv. Gr
Natl. Investors
Puritan Fund
Wisconsin Fund
New Sparta School Boss Named by Board
Sparta Wis George Shiroda assistant superintendent since June 15 was named superintendent by the school board after interviews with candidates. The Ironwood Mich native holds degrees from Superior State University and previously coached 12 years before joining the Ithaca School District admin team. He and his wife Beverly reside in Sparta with four children Toni 13 Timothy Tracey 5 and Todd 1.
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Sparta
Wis
George Shiroda
Edsel Vergin
la Crosse City
Shiroda
Ironwood
Mich
Superior State University
Ithaca
Beverly
Toni
Timothy Tracey
Todd
Johnson on 1968 race and political influence remarks
President Johnson dismissed suggestions that fundraising contributions affected government contracts and said political charges would persist until November. He expected no major House or Senate turnover, planned trips to Idaho, Colorado and Oklahoma, and offered cautious views on Vietnam developments.
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President's Club
Johnson
Idaho
Colorado
Oklahoma
California
Iowa
House
Senate
Wauwatosa Man Dies At Wheel Near Ferryville
Dominic O'Donnell of Wauwatosa died of an apparent heart attack about 10 a.m. Tuesday while driving on Highway 171 near Ferryville. His wife grabbed the steering wheel and slowed the car to a stop. The body was taken to Commersnaes Funeral Home in Gays Mills.
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Ferryville
Wis
Dominic O'Donnell
Wauwatosa
Highway 171
Commersnaes Funeral
Gays Mills
Hogs and cattle prices steady with mixed shifts across markets
Hog deliveries to Stone Winona Station seen by noon with butchers down 50 and sows 25. Cattle at South St Paul: slaughter steers 25.25-26.25, heifers 25.50, cows 22.00-24.00, veal 21.00-35.00. Chicago poultry and produce prices unchanged or firm.
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Winona Station
Chicago Poultry Chicago
USDA
Chicago Produce
Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
South ST. Paul
South ST. Paul, Minn
U.S
Church Music Congress Heads to Milwaukee Western Hemisphere Debut
The Fifth International Church Music Congress opens in Milwaukee with more than 1500 experts, 200 from overseas. World premieres by Max Baumann and Flor Peters highlight a program featuring choirs, concerts, organ recitals, and a 3600-pipe organ premiere by Robert Noehren at St. John's Cathedral. Gov Knowles, Archbishop Cousins, and city officials will speak.
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Milwaukee
United States
Max Baumann
Flor Peters
Warren P. Knowles
William E. Cousins
Milwaukee Auditorium
Robert Noehren
University of Michigan
St. John’s Cathedral
St. John’s
Minnesota Youth Die In Road Tragedy and City Collision
A Brainerd child killed by a blacktop roller and Minnesota City youth Ger ald Brown 20 dies when his car leaves Highway 61 near Goodview. Passenger Richard Urbick 20 hospitalized with critical injuries. Wayne Rosvold 5 dies after being struck by a street roller. Anna Quagon 69 killed walking on U S 2 near Solway. Charles Becker 78 driving involved.
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Minnesota
Highway Patrol
Gerald Brown
Minnesota City
Highway 61
Goodview
Richard Urbick
Winona
Wayne Rosvold
Andrew Rosvold
Anna Quagon
Bemidji
U.S. 2
Solway
Charles E. Becker
the Highway Patrol
Nine Year Old Girl Injured Stepping on Thorn Foot
A nine year old La Crosse girl Elaine Greer stepped on a thorn while playing in a neighbor's yard. Police carried her to Grandview Hospital in a squad car. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Gary Greer of 1226 Winnebago Street.
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la Crosse
Elaine Greer
Gary Greer
Winnerbago St
Grandview Hospital
Conferees Approve Housing Aid and Mass Transit Bill
Conferees reached a compromise on a 4.76 billion federal mortgage purchase fund boost to aid FHA insured and VA guaranteed loans as part of a housing support package. A second measure backs a 300 million mass transit subsidy for 1968 and 1969 with research grants and fellowships.
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Washington
House
Senate
Federal National Mortgage Association
Association
Treasury
Alaska
Guam
Hawaii
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Giving Evidence In Full Crew Rail Case Ends
Madison Wisconsin news reports that the trial over Wisconsin's full crew law concluded its evidence phase after nearly three months. Eight railroads and rail unions finished rebuttals on day 42 of testimony before Circuit Judge Richard W Bardwell. Bardwell noted the case is the longest trial he knows and estimated at least three more months before a decision. He added court reporters will require about a month to finish a 7 000 page transcript with 30 day periods for written arguments to follow.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Richard W. Bardwell
Bardwell
Union
Man Dies After Six Days Trapped In Plane Wreckage
Hartford Hospital reports John T. Emmanuel 39 died after six days trapped in a small plane wreck. He and pilot Richard C. Grimaldi 32 of Newington died in the Aug. 15 crash on Mt. Higby after leaving Block Island en route to Hartford.
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Hartford, Conn
John T. Emmanuel
Hartford Hospital
Emmanuel
Mt. Higby
Middletown
Meriden Hospital
Eugene Silliman
Hartford
Richard C. Grimaldi
Newington
Block Island
R.I
Civil Air Patrol
Man Charged With Hitting Child With Belt
The stepfather Eugene A. Blihovde. 32, of 613 Tyler Street, charged in La Crosse County Court with striking a four year old girl with a belt after she woke him. He appeared before Judge Leonard Roroff, released on $200 cash bond, and the case was continued. The child Cindy Dickson was treated at Grand View Hospital and later released.
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la Crosse County
Leonard Roroff
Eugene A. Blihovde
Tyler St
Blihovde
Cindy Dickson
Cindy
Grandview Hospital
Grain prices in Chicago reflect mixed farm commodity values
Chicago grain prices show No. 2 hard wheat at 1.95, No. 2 red wheat at 1.892, No. 2 yellow corn at 1.5234, sample yellow 1.34, No. 2 heavy oats at 77, Soybeans No. 1 yellow at 3.83, soybean oil at 14.60.
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Chicago Grain
Chicago
Theft Charges Dismissed Against Two Men in Motors Case
Circuit Judge Lincoln Neprud dismissed theft charges against Richard E. Reinsvold and Theodore J. Revels for insufficient evidence after a daylong hearing. The pair had faced accusations of stealing 35 used electric motors from Patros Junk Yard, valued at 100 to 150 dollars, with jurors seated from La Crosse Bangor West Salem and nearby areas.
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Lincoln Neprud
Neprud
Patros Junk Yard
George St
Richard E. Reinsvold
Theodore J. Revels
Sperbeck St
French Island
Patros
Richard Gilster
Wilmer Hesselberg
R 1
West Salem
Earl Jackel
Marian Kapanke
Roy Servais
la Crosse
Elmer Niedfeldt
Bangor
Kathryn Meier
Carl Betz
5Th Ave. S
Rose Haugen
Cass St
Leah McCann
Charles St
Charles J. Tremmel
Farnam St
Joseph M. McDonald
Farwell St
UW students say South Viet Nam rejects Red Line
Two Wisconsin men from the World Youth Crusade for Freedom told a Saigon press conference that the U S should increase military and economic support for South Vietnam to defeat the Viet Cong. David A. Keene and Richard O. Wright said their two month tour showed South Viet Nam is anti Communist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Viet Nam
International Freedom Corps
U.S
Keene
United States
Escapees Sought After Fillmore County Jail Break
Two prisoners Charles J. Johnson and Raymond L. Barr escaped from the Fillmore County jail in Preston Minnesota by breaking a padlock on a ceiling trapdoor and smashing through the roof. Johnson 21 from St Paul faced a car theft pre sentence investigation. Barr 37 from Spring Valley area was held for parole violation.
Soviet Luna II launches to orbit moon in race with U.S.
Moscow reports the 3,615 pound Luna II unmanned space laboratory lifted toward the moon to test systems and near lunar exploration. Tass notes the craft will orbit the moon, possibly carry camera equipment, and may precede a soft landing concept.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
America
Earth
Tass
United States
U.S
Great Lakes Tonnage In July Tops 20 Million
Grain, coal and iron ore shipments on the Great Lakes totaled 20,707,138 net tons in July, up from 19,982,018 a year earlier. Grain reached 2,835,431 tons a July record, coal 5,568,504 tons a nine year high, iron ore 12,303,203 tons. Through July 31, year to date shipments for the three commodities totaled 77,229,024 tons versus 70,766,956 in 1965.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, Ohio
Great Lakes
Lake Carriers’ Association
Spraying Schedule Narrowly Bounded by Zeisler Street
Thursday night spraying will occur in the area from Zeisler Street to the city limits south of 10th Street up to the Mississippi River.
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Zeisler Street
10Th Street
Mississippi River
La Crosse and Vicinity Weather Summary
Variable cloudiness with little temperature change. Highs 75 to 80, Lows near 0. Wisconsin cool nights with mixed clouds Thursday, Minnesota fair with some north cloud, Iowa partly cloudy with a few showers in the south. Sunrise 6:20 a.m., sunset 7:53 p.m. Moon Full Aug 30. Five day period average 6-9 below normal. Precipitation under 0.1 inch.
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Lacrosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
la Crosse
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Dla
Charles L. Weltner
D-Ga
George F. Senner Jr
D-Ariz
Pool
Justice Department
John H. Buchanan
R-Ala
Congress
By Jack Bell
Asia
Air Force
a_ petroleum
Phuoc Tuy
Tay Ninh
South
7Th Fleet
U.S. Navy
Aus
Allied Stores
Allis-Chalmers
American Can
American Motors
Amer
Tel & Tel
Burlington
Chrysler
Consolidated Foods
DuPont
Eastman Kodak
Ford
General Electric
General Motors
General Telephone
Great Northern Ry
Heileman Brewing
Finois Central
International Harvest
Inter
Interstate Power
Johnson Service
Jones & Laughlin
Koehring
Kresge Lockheed
Minn. Mining
Mobil Oj
Montgomery Ward
Monsanto Chemical
Standard Oil
Royal Dutch NY
Swift
Rustcraft Ve
Texaco
Swank, Inc
Tidewater Oil
Wallace Business
Trane Co
Warner Elec
U.S. Rubber
Western Power
U.S. Steel
Wis. Power & L
Universal Oil Westinghouse
White Motors Woolworth
Zenith
Dow Jones
Marshall CO
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc
Commission Central
Wis Mt
First Bank
Winona Livestock Swift & Company
Winona, Minn. Highway
Associated Press
FNMA
Fillmore County
Russ
Skeeter Schedule
C.P
Regny
Dakota
T.W
Lansing
Prairie du Chien
Trempealeau
Dodge
Black
Galesville
W. Salem
Root
Houston
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